War on Terrorism is just another Capitalism versus Socialism war.

[Zucas]

TheRealMafoo said:

Zucas said:

So yea just your opinions on that because as I stated, you aren't the first to think this is the solution and I'm just curious how you think a government could survive such scenarios and stay a whole piece.  Truthfully, when I hear decentralized government I think of weak government and weak governments don't last long.  

Before the sixteenth amendment 1913, this is how the US was. The federal government, other then to fund a war, collected it monies from the states, not the people. It was up to the states to determine how to collect it from the people.

We were not a weak government in 1912. In fact, I think the US of 1912 unchanged economically, , would last a lot longer then the US we have now.

And that's what made us a decentralized government.  Haha, well first of all, we weren't that decentralized before the 16th amendment.  Although obviously not as centralized as we are today.  Also, I'd argue a lot of that decentralized you are talking of is simply do to 2 things: weak presidents and limited communication technology.  Which is why I'd also argue the way some of those states collected taxes was similar to that of Roman tax collectors.  

No we weren't a weak government but we weren't a strong government nor a stable government at the time.  Limited technology may have contributed to this, but large businesses and even some state governments could have rivaled that of the federal government.  Hell and if there was anything to show how unstable this was, no strong government almost breaks at the seams and splits in two, or the American Civil War.  Which is why I'm curious why you didn't answer my questions about stability or having this kind of government under a larger population.  And even more curious why you think such a government would have lasted longer than this current one.  I mean you do remember the events that happened in the early to mid 19th century.